{"id":83,"date":"2014-07-03T01:01:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T08:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/?p=83"},"modified":"2014-08-12T22:39:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T05:39:02","slug":"episode-007-dan-kat-talk-about-magic-the-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"Episode 007: Magic: The Gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our old pal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hughsterbakov.com\" target=\"_blank\">Hugh Sterbakov<\/a> returns to try to explain one of geekdom&#8217;s most intricate tabletop games: Magic: The Gathering. Where did this card game come from? What&#8217;s the best way to learn to play? And what do things like &#8220;milling&#8221; and &#8220;top-decking&#8221; mean? Having thrown himself into the deep end, Hugh explains it all. We also force Hugh to play You Must Choose, and\u00a0Chance Fortran, Tech Therapist heads to Saturn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hosts:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dan_Amrich\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Amrich<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.katrinauch.com\" target=\"_blank\">Kat Auch<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Special Guest: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/darkhugh\" target=\"_blank\">Hugh Sterbakov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/accounts.onlinegaming.wizards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Magic Online<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/marketplace.xbox.com\/en-US\/Product\/Magic-2014-Duels-of-the-Planeswalkers\/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584112c5\" target=\"_blank\">Xbox 360: Magic 2014: Duels of the Planeswalkers<\/a> (also <a href=\"http:\/\/marketplace.xbox.com\/en-US\/Product\/Magic-2013\/b3249d31-e4a7-4421-836e-ab86d1813fd1?cid=search\" target=\"_blank\">Magic 2013<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/marketplace.xbox.com\/en-US\/Product\/Magic-2012\/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410b3f?cid=search\" target=\"_blank\">2012<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/marketplace.xbox.com\/en-US\/Product\/Magic-The-Gathering\/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410860?cid=search\" target=\"_blank\">MtG 2009\/2010<\/a>, and soon, <a href=\"http:\/\/marketplace.xbox.com\/en-US\/Product\/Magic-2015\/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025841141f?cid=search\" target=\"_blank\">2015<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityunderthemoon.com\" target=\"_blank\">City Under the Moon<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hughsterbakov.com\" target=\"_blank\">HughSterbakov.com<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityunderthemoon.com\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the show via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/danandkattalk\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<br \/>\n<\/a>Subscribe to the show in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/dan-kat-talk\/id859878475?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/danandkattalk\" target=\"_blank\">@DanAndKatTalk<\/a><br \/>\nSend your feedback, suggestions, and follow-up questions to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:talk@danandkattalk.com\" target=\"_blank\">talk@danandkattalk.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And of course, comment below!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6100\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-83-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/podcasts\/dktalk_007_070314.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/podcasts\/dktalk_007_070314.mp3\">http:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/podcasts\/dktalk_007_070314.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/podcasts\/dktalk_007_070314.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/?powerpress_pinw=83-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/podcasts\/dktalk_007_070314.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"dktalk_007_070314.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our old pal Hugh Sterbakov returns to try to explain one of geekdom&#8217;s most intricate tabletop games: Magic: The Gathering. Where did this card game come from? What&#8217;s the best way to learn to play? And what do things like&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/?p=83\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6101\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-83-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/podcasts\/dktalk_007_070314.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/podcasts\/dktalk_007_070314.mp3\">http:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/podcasts\/dktalk_007_070314.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/podcasts\/dktalk_007_070314.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/?powerpress_pinw=83-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/podcasts\/dktalk_007_070314.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"dktalk_007_070314.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danandkattalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}